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Country couple Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins are well on their way to being the cutest couple in the country music world! The 29-year-olds have an adorable love story: they've actually known each other nearly all their lives, dating other people seriously before admitting their feelings for each other. They've been married since 2012, and as Thomas's country music career has taken off, Lauren has been right there the whole time.

Since then, they've welcomed two daughters — one biological and one through adoption — and share sweet snippets of their lives together on their respective social media. Thomas even wrote a song, "Marry Me," about their relationship! If you're dying to see more of their sweet romance, click through for some of their best moments over the years.

Stx Entertainment has pushed the release date of its Dave Bautista-led action comedy “My Spy” to 2020, an individual with knowledge of the film told TheWrap. The film was initially scheduled to hit theaters August 23.

Stx declined to comment for this story.

Insiders at the studio, however, have said they love the film and have every confidence in the movie, and expect to announce a date soon.

The film, starring Chloe Coleman (“Big Little Lies”) opposite Bautista, follows a hardened CIA operative who finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl (Coleman) after being sent undercover to spy on her family.

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Initially “My Spy” was set up to come a little more than a month after “Stuber,” which Bautista also stars in alongside Kumail Nanjiani. The studio, which had a recent string of underperforming films at the box office,...

Oren Aviv, an executive within Stx Entertainment’s motion picture group and previously its president and chief content officer, is stepping down from the company.

Aviv, who is an executive producer on films including “Bad Moms,” “The Edge of Seventeen” and “Molly’s Game” and is a producer and story writer on the original “National Treasure” film, is negotiating his exit and is expected to transition to a consultant role within the company.

Aviv was tasked with overseeing Stx’s “Uglydolls,” an animated film based on a series of toy dolls that cost roughly $95 million between production and marketing spend and brand tie-ins. But it brought in only $26.4 million worldwide at the box office.

Also Read: Jennifer Lopez Reunites With Stx Entertainment for Rom-Com 'Marry Me'

“Oren is transitioning from his full-time duties at Stx and I’m happy to say that he will remain on as a...

Ana Ortiz is bringing the love to Disney+: The Ugly Betty vet will co-star in the streamer’s Love, Simon series, inspired by the 2018 movie of the same name, our sister site Deadline reports.

The half-hour spinoff — from This Is Us showrunners Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, who co-wrote the film — will carry the same title as the movie, but will follow a new character named Victor. Ortiz will play his mother, Isabel.

The coming-of-age film followed a closeted gay teen (played by Nick Robinson) growing up in the suburbs of Atlanta. Jennifer Garner co-starred as Simon’s mom.

Breakout pop and hip-hop artist Lizzo is joining Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu in Stx’s upcoming Robin Hood stripper film, “Hustlers.”

Inspired by a viral 2016 New York Magazine article, the film follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients. They get their revenge on wealthy, drunk and abusive clients by maxing out their credit cards after they’ve passed out.

Along with Lopez and Wu, Lizzo joins a cast that boasts Cardi B, Lili Reinhart, Keke Palmer, Julia Stiles, Mercedes Ruehl, Trace Lysette, Mette Towley and Madeline Brewer.

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Lizzo released her debut album “Lizzobangers” back in 2013, but has rocketed into budding pop stardom this year.

She released her major-label debut album “Cuz I Love You” on April 19 to overwhelming critical acclaim.

Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez and actor Owen Wilson are set to star in the romantic-comedy Marry Me. Kat Coiro is directing the film and Owen Wilson is in final negotiations to join the movie. The script was written by John Rogers and Tami Sagher, with a rewrite by Harper Dill, reports variety.com. Lopez and Wilson appeared in 1997's actioner Anaconda.

The movie will mark the third collaboration between the entertainment company Stx, Lopez, producers Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Benny Medina, following 2018's Second Act?and the upcoming Hustlers which is currently in production.

Marry Me is based on a graphic novel by Bobby Crosby and focuses on a pop star (Lopez), who, moments before marrying her rockstar fiance at Madison Square Garden, finds out that he cheated on her with her assistant. She breaks down on the stage and picks a random man (Wilson) out of the crowd to marry instead.

STXfilms announced on Monday that Jennifer Lopez is reteaming with the studio for the upcoming romantic comedy “Marry Me.”

The film is based on a graphic novel by Bobby Crosby, and centers around a pop superstar (Lopez) who, moments before marrying her rock star fiancé at Madison Square Garden, finds out that he was cheating with her assistant. Lopez’s character spontaneously melts down on stage and picks a random math teacher out of the crowd to marry instead.

What starts as a goof ends up becoming an exploration of relationships, expectations and destiny. The studio described the rom-com as “Notting Hill” meets “The Proposal.”

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Owen Wilson is in final negotiations to co-star as the math teacher Lopez’s character marries.

“We continue to have amazing experiences with Jennifer, Elaine and Benny with each film we collaborate on,...

Jennifer Lopez is reteaming with STXfilms on the upcoming romantic-comedy “Marry Me.”

Kat Coiro is directing the film and Owen Wilson is in final negotiations to join the pic, which will likely shoot this fall. The script was written by John Rogers and Tami Sagher, with a rewrite by Harper Dill.

Lopez and Wilson both appeared in 1997’s actioner “Anaconda.”

The movie will mark the third collaboration between STX, Lopez and producers Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Benny Medina following 2018’s “Second Act” and the upcoming “Hustlers,” which is currently in production. The film was originally set up at Universal.

The movie is based on a graphic novel by Bobby Crosby and centers on a pop star (Lopez), who, moments before marrying her rockstar fiance at Madison Square Garden, finds out that he cheated on her with her assistant. She breaks down on stage and picks a random man (Wilson) out of the crowd to marry instead.

Jennifer Lopez and STXfilms are again teaming on a feature. Following 2018’s Second Act and the forthcoming Lopez- and Constance Wu-led drama Hustlers, they are rejoining for the romantic comedy Marry Me. Owen Wilson is in final negotiations to star opposite Lopez.

Kat Coiro, known in the TV space for directing pilots and episodes for shows including It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Shameless, The Mick and Modern Family, is directing the pic, which is based on a graphic novel by Bobby Crosby. John Rogers and Tami Sagher adapted the screenplay with a rewrite by Harper Dill.

Described as Notting Hill meets The Proposal, the story centers on a pop superstar (Lopez) who, moments before marrying her rock-star fiancé at Madison Square Garden, finds out he was cheating with her assistant and spontaneously melts down onstage and picks a random math teacher (Wilson) out of the crowd to marry instead.

Jennifer Lopez is continuing her return to the rom-com genre, reteaming with STXfilms on the feature Marry Me.

Owen Wilson is in final negotiations to star in the pic, which is based on a graphic novel of the same name by Bobby Crosby. 

Marry Me centers on a pop superstar (Lopez) who, moments before marrying her rock-star fiance at Madison Square Garden, finds out that he was cheating on her with her assistant and spontaneously melts down onstage and picks a random math teacher (Wilson) out of the crowd to marry instead.

John Rogers and Tami Sagher wrote the script,...

Jennifer Lopez is continuing her return to the rom-com genre, re-teaming with STXfilms on new feature Marry Me.

Owen Wilson is in final negotiations to star in the feature that is based on a graphic novel of the same name by Bobby Crosby.

Marry Me centers around a pop superstar (Lopez) who, moments before marrying her rockstar fiancé at Madison Square Garden, finds out that he was cheating with her assistant and spontaneously melts down on stage and picks a random math teacher (Wilson) out of the crowd to marry instead.

John Rogers and Tami Sagher write the script, with ...

Hilary Winston is staying put at Sony TV.

The comedy writer, whose credits include Marry Me and Bad Teacher, has inked a new two-year overall deal to remain with the indie studio. Sources say the pact is valued in the eight-figure range.

When the new agreement ends, Winston will have been with Sony TV for an impressive 15 years. She has worked on a number of the studio's comedies, including Community and Dr. Ken and counts shows like Happy Endings, My Name Is Earl and Blue Collar TV among her impressive list of credits.

Winston is the latest ...

Chicago – Dillon Schneider is the quintessential local man made good. A graduate of Chicagoland’s Barrington High School and the city’s Columbia College, Schneider was the cinematographer for the music video “Burn Out” by Midland, which is nominated for Best Video at the 54th American Country Music (Acm) Awards, coming up on April 7th, 2019.

Schneider’s talent was apparent back at Barrington High, as he won numerous “Crystal Pillars” from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Besides Midland and their Best Video nomination, Schneider’s diverse and extensive resume includes work with Tim McGraw, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, The Chainsmokers, G-Eazy, Whiz Khalifa and Drake.

Cinematographer Dillon Schneider for Acm Best Video Nominee ‘Burn Out’

Photo credit: Jeff Doles for HollywoodChicago.com

Jeff Doles of HollywoodChicago.com – who also instructed Dillon Schneider in high school as his video production teacher – interviewed his former student a few days before the Acm Awards,...

Taylor Swift crossed over into pop stardom a few years ago, but she hasn’t forgotten her country music roots. She co-wrote the 2018 Sugarland single “Babe,” is a featured artist on the recording, and appears in the music video (watch it above). Now she’s nominated with Sugarland for Video of the Year at the 2019 Academy of Country Music Awards, but can she win? It has been five years since she claimed a competitive prize at the ACMs.

Directed by Anthony Mandler, the “Mad Men”-style video for “Babe” stars Sugarland lead singer Jennifer Nettles as the wife of a businessman (Brandon Routh) and Swift as the secretary having an affair with him until both women ultimately get their hearts broken. This marks Swift’s fifth Acm nomination for Video of the Year, following “Love Story” (2009), “You Belong with Me” (2010), “Mean” (2012), “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” (2013) and “Highway...

John Simm plays a rabble-rousing populist politician in “Cold Courage,” and Lionsgate has stepped up and taken international rights to the series.

Based on the series of novels by Pekka Hiltunen, the drama is billed as the biggest yet out of Finland and will bow on the Viaplay streaming service in Scandinavia. With a cast from all over Europe and a shoot spanning Belgium, Finland, Ireland, and the U.K., “Cold Courage” is international in scope and ambition.

That was part of the appeal for Simm, a familiar face on British TV, playing The Master in “Doctor Who” and starring in a host of other shows for British networks. “There was a point I was on BBC and ITV at the same time and that was a bit much,” he told Variety. “I thought it would be nice to step away from that for a little bit and do something I haven’t done,...

Exclusive: Marry Me alum Tymberlee Hill is returning to NBC as a series regular opposite Anna Camp and Bradley Whitford on the network’s newly titled single-camera comedy pilot Perfect Harmony (fka Untitled Bradley Whitford). Starring and executive produced by Whitford, the project hails from Lesley Wake Webster (Speechless), Jason Winer (Single Parents) and his Small Dog Picture Company, and 20th Century Fox TV. Written by Webster and directed by Winer, the comedy is about a rural church choir that gets the director it never thought it needed when a salty Ivy League music professor (Whitford) stumbles through their door. Hill will play Adams Adams, the richest woman in town, and a force of nature who is the undisputed star of the choir, partly because everyone’s afraid of her. Hill, who played Kay on Marry Me, also recurs on the TBS dark comedy Search Party. She is repped by Odenkirk-Provissiero Entertainment,...

Thomas Rhett has released the upbeat “Look What God Gave Her” as the first single from his upcoming fourth studio album. Titled Center Point Road, the new collection will be released May 31st.

With a peppy, guitar-driven intro that recalls Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen’s duet “Good Time,” “Look What God Gave Her” is Rhett’s ode to a woman who has him “drunk like Corona/Heart racin’ like it’s Daytona.” Where some of Rhett’s recent singles have dealt with the specifics of his own life and marriage (“Life Changes,...

Prolific film and TV helmer Seth Gordon has been tapped to direct and executive produce NBC’s Lincoln (fka The Bone Collector), a drama pilot based on the bestselling book series by Jeffery Deaver that adapted into the 1999 movie starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie.

The project hails from writers VJ Boyd and Mark Bianculli, Universal Television and Sony Pictures Television, whose sibling feature studios shared distribution of the film, in association with Keshet Studios, which has deals with NBC and Uni TV. Gordon’s Ep/directing stint stems from his overall deal at Sony TV.

Written by Boyd and Bianculli, Lincoln follows legendary forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme, who was seriously injured during his hunt for the diabolic serial killer known as the Bone Collector. Called back into action when the killer re-emerges, Lincoln forms a unique partnership with Amelia Sachs, a young beat cop who helps him hunt the...

No matter how sharp Annie Clark’s tongue, early criticism often focused on her femininity. In 2007, a review praised her “big-girl voice“; in 2009, another mentioned her “small and fragile” vocals; in 2011, she was called “waifishly stunning,” her singing “coquettish.” (Guess the writers’ gender!) And yes, she is stunning, and her voice has carried both raw rage and dulcet adoration with equal skill since her debut as St. Vincent, 2007’s Marry Me. But for a long time, these qualities, and the stereotypes that went with them, dominated her public perception.

Then...

“Black Monday” co-creators Jordan Cahan and David Caspe have a storied history of broadcast comedies. When they set out on the new endeavor of 1980s-set stock market crash comedy for premium cabler Showtime they knew they’d have a bit more freedom in style and structure but they didn’t want to completely alter their sensibility just because they could.

“Because the show was set in the ’80s there was all this language used that we find abhorrent now — and rightly so — but there were all these words bantered around…so we had to be very careful who we allowed to say those words,” Cahan said during the Showtime Television Critics Assn. panel for the comedy Thursday. “For example, our villains were allowed to say some of those words, as opposed to…our heroes — even though they had flaws.”

Cahan continued to point out that the tricky thing overall as...

“God, Kimmy, ” Jacqueline White scolds the title character of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. “As stupid as this is, there are real feelings at stake here.”

In the moment, Jacquline (Jane Krakowski) is describing the emotional affair Kimmy (Ellie Kemper) is having with the parents of her new boyfriend, whom she otherwise can’t stand. But she could just as easily be summing up the ethos of the entire series, which releases its final batch of episodes on Friday. (I’ve seen the whole thing.) On the one hand, Kimmy Schmidt takes...

Saturday Night Live star Kenan Thompson is a step closer to moving from late-night to primetime. His starring vehicle, the single-camera Saving Kenan (form. Saving Larry), has been picked up to pilot by NBC. The project, from SNL creator/executive producer Lorne Michaels and his Broadway Video as well as Superstore executive producer Jackie Clarke, had a big pilot production commitment.

NBC ‘also has ordered to pilot Like Magic, a single-camera workplace comedy from Superstore writers Bridget Kyle and Vicky Luu, Forever co-creator Matt Hubbard, Julie Anne Robinson’s CannyLads Productions and Universal TV, where CannyLads and Hubbard are based.

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Thompson likely will leave SNL — at least as a full-time cast member — should Saving Kenan goes to series as the two would be difficult to juggle. He is currently in his 16th year on the venerable late-night sketch program.

Written by Clarke, Saving Kenan centers on a newly widowed...

Outdated and overextended aren’t desirable qualities for stocks or TV shows, but “Black Monday” makes them work to its advantage — for now. Showtime’s new comedy follows a greedy, drug-addicted, morally bankrupt but monetarily flush stock trader whose dangerous play for one company may have caused the worst stock market crash in the history of Wall Street. Despite saying as much right off the bat, David Caspe and Jordan Cahan ask you to root for Don Cheadle’s Maurice “Mo” Monroe anyway, marking yet another TV series mistakenly built on an antihero story (so very out of fashion in 2019) and told at such a rapid rate one wonders how “Black Monday” will sustain interest beyond its first episodes.

But oh what fun lies within these initial 90 minutes. There’s Don Cheadle’s coked-up charm and a robot butler named Kyle; there’s a “Marry Me” reunion with Ken Marino...

Warner Bros.’ “Space Jam 2,” starring LeBron James and produced by Ryan Coogler, is set to film in California.

The upcoming sequel is one of 15 film projects that have been selected for the state’s Film & TV Tax Credit Program 2.0. “Space Jam 2” received the largest conditional allocation with a $21.8 million tax credit. “Mouse Guard” scored the second-biggest cut ($10.2 million) of the new $73.3 million available in tax credits.

Others include Andy Samberg’s “Palm Springs,” Universal’s “Marry Me” and “24/7,” Lionsgate’s “Margaritaville” and 20th Century Fox’s “The Boy Who Knew Too Much.” Four of the projects will film in the San Francisco area.

“One of the goals for Program 2.0 is to bring production jobs and spending to regions across the state,

and we’re beginning to see that happen more often and on a larger scale,” said Amy Lemisch, California Film Commission’s executive director. “We’re thrilled...

Thomas Rhett has announced an extensive series of dates for his 2019 Very Hot Summer Tour, set to begin in May 2019. Rhett has been headlining shows for a significant portion of 2018 on the Life Changes Tour, which visits Canada next year after Rhett makes a quick detour to Australia.

Launching May 17th in Spokane, Washington, the Very Hot Summer tour has dates running past the official end of summer, including an October 12th show back home in Nashville. Venue information for the new tour hasn’t been announced as of yet,...

The California Film Commission on Monday released a list of 15 projects selected for the state’s Film & TV Tax Credit Program 2.0. “Space Jam 2” starring Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is among the 15 projects set to receive a total of $73.3 million in tax credits reserved for the projects.

Five of the films are indies, and five are also being shot outside of Los Angeles’s 30-Mile Zone, including near San Francisco and Palm Springs. The commission says this represents a growth from previous years as part of an effort to spread production jobs and spending statewide.

“One of the goals for Program 2.0 is to bring production jobs and spending to regions across the state, and we’re beginning to see that happen more often and on a larger scale,” said California Film Commission executive director Amy Lemisch in a statement. “We’re thrilled to see Program 2.0 have such far-reaching benefits.

Country music royalty gathered in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday night for the 52nd annual Cma Awards.

For the 11th straight year, Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley hosted the show, broadcast live on ABC from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, with Underwood also nabbing one of the top prizes — Female Vocalist of the Year. Meanwhile Chris Stapleton, who led this year’s pack with five nominations, won Male Vocalist, Single of the Year and Song of the Year. But the night’s top award, Entertainer of the Year, went to Keith Urban, his second time taking that prize home and his ninth Cma award overall.

The list of performers included Miranda Lambert, Garth Brooks, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Florida Georgia Line with Bebe Rexha, Kacey Musgraves and Thomas Rhett as well as Stapleton alongside Maren Morris and Mavis Staples.

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Early winners,...

The 52nd Annual Country Music Association Awards were handed out on Wednesday, November 14, during a live ceremony broadcast on ABC and hosted by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley for the 11th year in a row. So who won? Scroll down for our complete list of winners updating throughout the night.

Like the Grammys, the CMAs are a peer group award decided by industry insiders. The nominees and winners were chosen by the 7,400 musicians, artists, songwriters, executives and other country music professionals who make up the association. When picking the nominees they gave the most love to Chris Stapleton, who in his first three years of industry prominence (2015-2017) already claimed seven Cma Awards and appeared likely to add to that haul: he received a leading five nominations in 2018, including Entertainer of the Year.

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Who will clean up tonight at the 2018 Country Music Association Awards hosted by Cma winners Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley? The 52nd annual kudos honor the best in country music during the eligibility period of July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, and they’re one of the most prestigious prizes for country music since they’re decided by industry professionals. The 7,400 members of the association include music executives, artists, publicists, songwriters, musicians, touring professionals and other industry professionals. Scroll down to see our forecasts for tonight’s show listed in order of their racetrack odds, with projected winners highlighted in gold.

Our odds are determined by the combined predictions of hundreds of Gold Derby users who have entered their picks in our predictions center. That includes Gold Derby Editors who cover awards year-round across music, film, TV and theater; the Top 24 Users who got the highest scores predicting last year’s Cma Awards...

Hours ahead of the 2018 Cma Awards telecast, two of the winners have already been announced on Good Morning America.

David Lee Murphy and Kenny Chesney’s collaboration “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright,” which reached Number One in June — only the second of “Dust on the Bottle” singer Murphy’s career — was named Musical Event of the Year, beating out the record-breaking “Meant to Be” by Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line. This marks the first-ever Cma win for Murphy, and Chesney’s 10th to date. Additionally, Thomas Rhett’s cinematic clip for “Marry Me,...

It has been a few years since Taylor Swift made her formal transition from the world of country to the world of pop, but she’s still loved by the country music community, as evidenced by the fact that she keeps winning Country Music Association Awards. In 2017 she claimed Song of the Year for the very first time for writing “Better Man” for the group Little Big Town. Now in 2018 she’s the front-runner to win again for lending an assist to another artist: Music Video of the Year as a featured artist on Sugarland‘s “Babe.” Watch it above.

Swift wrote this song too along with Train frontman Patrick Monahan. Like “Better Man” it’s a breakup song, and in the music video Swift actually plays the other woman. In the “Mad Men”-style period clip, she’s a homewrecker who steals businessman Brandon Routh from Sugarland lead singer Jennifer Nettles.

Thomas Rhett wouldn't change his family for the world. It's no secret that the country music singer's life has changed in more ways than one after marrying Lauren Akins. On the home front, the happy couple adopted Willa Gray Akins from Uganda and soon after welcomed Ada James. And when it came to his music career, Thomas Rhett exploded thanks to hit songs including "Craving You" and "Marry Me." One song, however, captivated music fans of multiple genres for its personal lyrics, heartfelt music video and special message. Oh yes, we're talking about the track "Life Changes." In video obtained exclusively by E! News, Thomas Rhett took a break from advising Kelly...

“I’m going to put the brother in Lehman Brothers,” Don Cheadle proclaims in the first official trailer for Showtime’s Black Monday. And then things go really, really off the rails.

The upcoming satire promises to come up with a (fictional) explanation for an ongoing mystery: What happened on October 19, 1987, to cause the worst stock market crash in Wall Street’s history?

If the video above is any indication, the answer involves cocaine, jazzercise, fast sports cars, acid-washed jeans, a body falling from the sky, graffiti-filled subway cars and some seriously large cell phones.

The official logline for the series — which will premiere Sunday,...

Platinum-selling country star Thomas Rhett will be featured in a series of upcoming episodes on Season 15 of NBC’s The Voice. He’s set to serve as a guest adviser alongside team coach Kelly Clarkson.

Appearing in episodes airing tonight (October 15th,) as well as October 16th, 22nd and 23rd, Rhett will be on hand to help guide Clarkson’s team through the show’s battle round of eliminations, instructing contestants in areas like song arrangement, stage presence and more. He’ll be tasked with teaching a number of country...

The Netfix animated comedy “Big Mouth,” from the beginning, has drawn true comedy greats together for some of the finest voice acting around — any show that can spotlight Maya Rudolph, Jason Mantzoukas, Jenny Slate, Fred Armisen, and Jordan Peele with plenty of room left over for an eclectic guest cast that includes Kristen Bell, Richard Kind, June Diane Raphael and more is to be admired.

Season 2 of the series about pre-teens in the literal grip of their hormones brought back those returning favorites alongside leads Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, and Jessi Klein. But in addition, some new blood was added that helped “Big Mouth’s” ensemble rival that of recent favorites like “BoJack Horseman” and true classics like “The Simpsons.” Below is a ranking of the season’s most outstanding new cast members, whose collective experience with prestige dramas and classical theater work was undoubtedly a help while singing about...

NBC has put in development Like Magic, a workplace comedy from Superstore writers Bridget Kyle and Vicky Luu, Forever co-creator Matt Hubbard, Julie Anne Robinson’s CannyLads Productions and Universal TV, where CannyLads and Hubbard are based.

Written by Kyle and Luu, Like Magic is a workplace comedy that follows an optimistic young woman pursuing her dreams in the mysterious world of the Magic Palace.

Kyle and Luu executive produce with Hubbard and Robinson. Cannylads’ head of development Kelly Pancho is a producer.

Kyle and Luu joined NBC comedy Superstore as writers in Season 2. Their other series writing credits include The Grinder and Marry Me.

CannyLads also has drama Capital with Carol Mendelssohn and a political murder mystery drama with Chuck Rose, both in development at NBC. Robinson is repped by CAA and attorney Warren Dern.

Hubbard is co-creator and executive producer with Alan Yang of new Amazon/Uni TV...

Thomas Rhett is back on the road and ready to be the star of the show. On Thursday night, the country music star kicked off the fall leg of his Life Changes tour in Maine. Alongside Brett Young and Midland, the man behind huge hits including "Marry Me" and "Unforgettable" delighted fans as he introduced a few changes to his performance. "We're always looking to mix things up, so we definitely added a few new elements going into this fall run—a few new production elements, and we re-worked a few things musically," Thomas Rhett shared with E! News exclusively. "That makes it even more exciting to get out there and do this thing." And while he has a jam-packed schedule...

The Country Music Association announced the final nominees for The 52nd Annual Cma Awards this morning, and it’s a big day for singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton, who leads the list of finalists with five nominations. Producer and musician Dann Huff receives four nominations, while nine artists garnered three each — Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Dan + Shay, Florida Georgia Line, Chris Janson, Miranda Lambert, Midland, Thomas Rhett and Keith Urban.

Luke Bryan, Dan + Shay and Sugarland appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” today, live from Luke’s 32 Bridge Food + Drink, Bryan’s new restaurant and bar in downtown Nashville, to reveal nominees for six of the 12 categories on air.

“Today kicks off Cma Awards season where we get to honor the best of the best in our outstanding format,” said Cma Chief Executive Officer Sarah Trahern. “There were some great breakout performances this year and the diversity of the nominations...

Nominees for the 52nd annual Country Music Association Awards were announced on Tuesday, August 28 in Nashville. Leading with a whopping five bids is Chris Stapleton. He contends for the top prize, Entertainer of the Year, at the Cma Awards as well as for his top-selling album (“A Room: Volume 2”), twice for his chart-topping single (“Broken Halos”) and as a male vocalist.

Jason Aldean andMiranda Lambert have four bids each while a slew of talent have three nominations apiece at the CMAs including: Dierks Bentley, Florida Georgia Line,, Thomas Rhett and Keith Urban. Winners will be revealed during a Nov. 14 live ceremony on ABC hosted for the 11th year in a row by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood.

Both the nominations and the winners are decided by canvassing the nearly 8,000 members of the Country Music Association. The nominations phase includes three rounds of voting to determine the final five nominees in...

The Country Music Association announced the nominees for the 52nd annual Cma Awards on Tuesday morning in Nashville, with Chris Stapleton leading all nominees with five. The bearded, big-voiced singer-songwriter scored nods in the Entertainer, Album, Male Vocalist, Song and Single of the Year categories on the strength of his album From A Room: Volume 2 and his first-ever Number One song on the Country Airplay chart, “Broken Halos.”

Producer-musician Dann Huff followed Stapleton with four nominations, for his work with Midland, Keith Urban and Thomas Rhett, while a host of...

“Last Man Standing” has found its replacement Boyd and Mandy.

Jet Jurgensmeyer and Molly McCook have joined the Tim Allen sitcom ahead of its move to Fox, the network announced on Monday. They step into the roles vacated by Molly Ephraim and Flynn Morrison when the show was axed at ABC.

Both actors have extensive guest starring experience, though this will mark the first series regular roles for each. McCook’s guest credits include “Modern Family,” “Murder In the First,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and “Glee.” She is also set to recur on Freeform’s “The Fosters” spinoff “Good Trouble.”

Jurgensmeyer recently appeared on NBC’s “Will & Grace” revival and has guested on shows including “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Hot in Cleveland,” “Marry Me,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Black-ish.”

Regulars returning for the Fox...

A little past the mid-point of the year, two male country stars are leading country sales and consumption charts across the board: Jason Aldean and Kane Brown. According to recent figures from Nielsen Music, Aldean still performs well using country’s traditional sales measuring sticks – physical CDs and downloads – even as those sales appear to be on the decline, while Brown is dominating streaming metrics on his swift rise to stardom. Women, meanwhile, are getting an even smaller slice of the pie.

Released in April, Aldean’s eighth studio album...

Devon Windsor got the surprise of a lifetime when her longtime beau Johnny Dex got down on one knee—in the middle of the ocean! The Model Squad star confirmed she got engaged to her "forever man" on Saturday while sharing photos of the picturesque proposal on social media. As the 24-year-old Victoria's Secret angel explained on Instagram, she thought she was flying to a photo shoot. Instead, she got one unforgettable shock when she looked down from her plane window to see "Marry Me?" sweetly spelled out on the sand. Once on land, it looks like Dex did the honors by getting down on one knee to ask that special question. "This was the best day...

Greenlit means a project is officially a go, so all you have to do is follow these leads to stay up to date. You never know where you’ll find an opportunity to land an audition! “Black Monday” Showtime has given a series order to the comedy “Black Monday.” Created by Jordan Cahan and David Caspe, “Black Monday” follows “a ragtag group of Wall Street outsiders [as they] take on the financial industry in the wake of the 1987 stock market crash.” The main cast of the series, which will include Don Cheadle, Andrew Rannells, Regina Hall, and more, is already completed at the hands of big time comedy CD Allison Jones, but it is unclear whether she will continue to fill parts in other episodes. Cahan and Caspe have previously worked together on “Marry Me,” where John Einsohn was casting director. Jones has often cast for pilots and left the continuing duties to someone else,...

Showtime has given a 10-episode series order to Black Monday (fka Ball Street), its half-hour Wall Street comedy pilot starring Don Cheadle, Andrew Rannells and Regina Hall, for premiere in 2019. The series hails from Happy Endings creator David Caspe, Black List writer Jordan Cahan (My Best Friend’s Girl), Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg (Preacher) and Sony Pictures TV Studios.

Written by Caspe and Cahan, Black Monday takes us back to October 19, 1987 – aka Black Monday, the worst stock market crash in Wall Street history. To this day, no one knows who caused it — until now. It’s the story of how a group of outsiders took on the blue-blood, old-boys club of Wall Street and ended up crashing the world’s largest financial system, a Lamborghini limousine, Don Henley’s birthday party and the glass ceiling.

“Black Monday is a scathing comic commentary on the excess of the ’80s,” said Showtime president David Nevins said.

Showtime’s Wall Street-set comedy Black Monday is indexing high: The bullish cabler has handed a 10-episode order to the ’80s-set satire, which stars Don Cheadle (House of Lies), Andrew Rannells (Girls) and Regina Hall (Girls Trip).

The project — which was previously titled Ball Street — promises to answer the decades-old question: What caused the worst stock market crash in the history of Wall Street on October 19, 1987? Per the logline, “It’s the story of how a group of outsiders took on the blue-blood, old-boys club of Wall Street and ended up crashing the world’s largest financial system, a Lamborghini limousine,...

Blake Shelton won top honors at the 2018 Cmt Music Awards, held on June 6 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. He won Video of the Year for “I’ll Name the Dogs,” which was the first victory of his career in that category. That song also won him Male Video of the Year, which made him the only artist on Wednesday night with multiple victories. Check out the full list of winners right here.

Shelton previously contended for Video of the Year for “God Gave Me You” (2012), “Boys ‘Round Here” (2014) and “Sangria” (2016), but he hadn’t won that prize until now. He was up against a field of 11 other nominees including Carrie Underwood and Ludacris (“The Champion”), Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton (“Say Something”) and Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line (“Meant to Be”). But those were all collaborations, and no collaboration has won the top prize at the CMTs.

The 2018 Cmt Music Awards were handed out on Wednesday night, June 6, during a ceremony held at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. So who took home the awards? Scroll down for the complete list of winners and nominees.

These awards were decided by fans voting online for their country music videos and performances of the year. And though Carrie Underwood came into these kudos with the record for the most Video of the Year victories (six), she was upset this year by Blake Shelton, who claimed top honors for the very first time for his video “I’ll Name the Dogs.” He also took Male Video of the Year for the fourth time, after prevailing in that race in 2011 (“Who Are You When I’m Not Looking”), 2013 (“Sure Be Cool If You Did”) and 2014 (“Doin’ What She Likes”).

But Underwood did take Female Video of the Year for the fourth...

The 2018 Cmt Music Awards will be handed out on Wednesday night, June 6, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. So who will take home the awards? Scroll down for our complete predictions in eight categories, which are based on the combined forecasts of Gold Derby users who have entered their picks in our predictions center. They’re ranked in order of their racetrack odds, with the projected winners highlighted in gold.

These awards are decided by fans voting online for their favorite achievements in music videos. Carrie Underwood has won Video of the Year a record six times, and she was nominated again this year for “The Champion” featuring Ludacris. But Cmt announced on the morning of the awards that the race had been narrowed down to the final 5 candidates from the 12 who started when the nominations were announced, and Underwood wasn’t on the list.

The final contenders are...

Carrie Underwood has a leading four nominations heading into Wednesday’s Cmt Music Awards. She has won a record 17 times, including six awards for Video of the Year. Jason Aldean and Florida Georgia Line are also in the running in four races. (See below for the full list of 2018 Country Music Television Awards nominations.)

Underwood’s collaboration with Ludacris on “The Champion” is vying in three races, including Video of the Year. Her performance with Keith Urban on “The Fighter” at the 2017 awards is in contention too. Aldean also earned a nomination for his performance on the 2017 edition of these awards as well as a Cmt special and he is up for both Video of the Year and Male Artist for “You Make It Easy.” Florida Georgia Line earned nominations for collaborations with Bebe Rexha on the video “Meant to Be” and with the Backstreet Boys on a Cmt special.